Oil and Gas

September 11, 2017 Samson Resources II, LLC’s (“Samson” or the “Company”) Board of Directors has approved the Company’s commencement of a drilling program to drill five operated wells on the Company’s Fort Union property located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, as well as an accelerated permitting program in the Powder River

11 September 2017 BP Midstream Partners LP files registration statement for initial public offering of common units BP announced today that BP Midstream Partners LP (BP Midstream Partners), a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of BP p.l.c. (NYSE: BP), has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities

September 7, 2017 Statoil has acquired participating interests in two additional offshore frontier blocks, including one operatorship. Statoil has completed a transaction with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production South Africa Limited (ExxonMobil), acquiring a 35% interest in Exploration Right 12/3/252 Transkei-Algoa. Operator ExxonMobil retains 40% interest, while Impact Africa holds 25%.The

06 September 2017 Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd (‘INPEX Australia’) to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported

6 September 2017 The Shah Deniz consortium is pleased to announce the launch of the Khankendi – a new flagship vessel for the Caspian. The state-of-the-art subsea construction vessel has been specifically designed and built to install the biggest subsea production system in the Caspian Sea as part of the

August 24, 2017 Quantum Energy Partners, a leading energy private equity firm, is pleased to announce the formation of Vitruvian Exploration IV with industry veterans Richard Lane, John Thaeler and Brian Rickmers. Supported by a $450 million equity commitment from Quantum, Vitruvian IV is actively building a portfolio of high

24 August 2017 PetroChina Company Limited (“PetroChina” or the “Company”, HKSE: 0857; NYSE: PTR; SSE: 601857) today announced that given the supply and demand of global oil market gradually balanced and with the wide range fluctuation of international oil prices, the average price during the period rose significantly in

Aug 23, 2017 The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd joint venture has started production at Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2, a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Phase 2 follows the success of the first phase of the Gbaran-Ubie integrated oil and gas development, which was commissioned in June

21 August The Company has acquired a stake in a high-tech refinery equipped with all the necessary infrastructure (refining throughput – 20 mmt, Nelson index – 11.8, conversion rate – 95.5%) A platform for further development of international trading – entering the high-premium markets of the Asia-Pacific region and

2017/08/21 Total is pleased to announce that the Boards of Total and A.P. Møller – Mærsk have both approved the acquisition of 100% of the equity of the E&P company Maersk Oil & Gas A/S (Maersk Oil), a wholly owned subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, by Total in